Obama signs historic health bill into law

A smiling President Barack Obama today signed a historic 938 billion dollar health care overhaul that guarantees coverage for 32 million uninsured Americans.

A smiling President Barack Obama today signed a historic 938 billion dollar health care overhaul that guarantees coverage for 32 million uninsured Americans.

The new scheme will touch nearly every citizen's life, presiding over the biggest shift in US domestic policy since the 1960s and capping a divisive, year-long debate that could define the November elections.

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